Tag: Vector Control Services

Technical Working Group activated to ensure adequate prevention, diagnosis and management of Dengue

Technical Working Group activated to ensure adequate prevention, diagnosis and management of Dengue

- August 18, 2023

Dengue is endemic to Guyana and the Region of the Americas. Every few years there is a cyclical increase in ... Read More

Fogging exercise starts today on East Coast Demerara

Fogging exercise starts today on East Coast Demerara

- January 6, 2021

The Ministry of Health - Vector Control Services is starting its fogging exercise in Demerara-Mahaica (Region Four) today, on the ... Read More

Advisory from the Vector Control Services

Advisory from the Vector Control Services

- March 20, 2020

Advisory from the Vector Control Services Ministry of Public Health Residents are hereby notified that there will be a fogging ... Read More

Triple drug therapy against filaria to roll out shortly

Triple drug therapy against filaria to roll out shortly

- October 15, 2019

─ media sensitised on preventative campaign efforts ─ Guyana, one of two countries in Americas to eliminate filaria by 2020 ... Read More

Bartica Vector Control Services Unit refurbished

Bartica Vector Control Services Unit refurbished

- January 4, 2019

– now able to provide better services ─ facilitating monitoring and evaluation DPI, Guyana, Friday, January 4, 2019 The Vector ... Read More

Public Health Ministry adopts new drug in fight to eliminate filaria

Public Health Ministry adopts new drug in fight to eliminate filaria

- October 8, 2018

DPI, Guyana, Monday, October 8, 2018 The Ministry of Public Health is to add a third medication to two pills ... Read More

Vector Control Services roll out second Schools’ Language & Arts competition

Vector Control Services roll out second Schools’ Language & Arts competition

- April 11, 2018

DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, April 11, 2018 For the next two months, children between the ages of six to seventeen (6-17), ... Read More

Stakeholders urged to intensify awareness of NIDs campaigns

Stakeholders urged to intensify awareness of NIDs campaigns

- March 27, 2018

DPI, Guyana, Tuesday, March 27, 2018 Stakeholders in the health sector met today for a one-day workshop at the Herdmanston ... Read More

New strategies for Mass Drug Administration 2017

New strategies for Mass Drug Administration 2017

- August 8, 2017

DPI, Guyana, Tuesday, August 8, 2017 Another year is here and the Neglected Infectious Diseases section of the Vector Control ... Read More

Ministry of Public Health aims to eliminate ‘filaria’ by 2022

Ministry of Public Health aims to eliminate ‘filaria’ by 2022

- January 30, 2017

GINA, GUYANA, Monday, January 30, 2017 The Ministry of Public Health will be working to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis commonly known ... Read More